Yeah, that’s a damn good read. We’re seeing a naked demonstration of how power works in our so-called “democracy”. The airlines example is particularly apt: a handful of loathsome—and loathed—corporations with lobbyists, personal relationships with congressmen, and an undeserved, but potent mystique of importance, can whine and receive concession after concession, whereas small businesses that comprise the foundations of the economy of the country are essentially unrepresented, and deemed expendable.
Same as it ever was.
I’ll add that there seems to be exactly zero possibility that the Republican Party, mainly through its control of the Senate, will permit anything to be done. Indeed, they will relish preventing it. And so vast quantities of restaurants and bars, mainly in places like New York City, will be out of business within months. (There’s no solution for this at the city or state level—for all the lip service we give to federalism, state and local governments have no money to work with.)